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Tuesday 5 August 2025

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DNG Ivan Connaughton Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 18:21 | Winning time: 6m 5.01s

Zefiro Dodville^p¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton| OR: 109| D

40/1

80/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 8 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 51/9-897

Mister Vic^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr L T Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 104

12/1

Took advantage of a slip in the weights in decisive fashion in 16-runner handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.2f, good) 14 days ago. Hit with a 14 lb rise, however.

Form: 0/0820-1

Adaliz^p³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 103| D

7/2

7/1, career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Tipperary (23.6f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Unexposed as a stayer, so could have more to offer.

Form: 696-131

Ballyglass Beauty²³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: R A Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 103| D

16/1

Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (25.7f, good, 14/1) 23 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 713P/04

Themanintheboots^p³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 103| D

14/1

Shaped as if retaining some ability when eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Tipperary (20.4f, good to soft) 33 days ago, barely adequate test. Step back up in trip looks the right move.

Form: 143/P7-8

Its Not Over Yet¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 102| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Two wins from 6 runs last season. 33/1, respectable seventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.9f, good to soft) 11 days ago, left poorly placed. Not dismissed back up in trip.

Form: 01105-7

Mags Nelson⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Gilligan| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 102| D

11/2

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in May. 4/1, creditable third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (25.8f, good) 56 days ago. Remains of interest.

Form: 090-513

Hees Dynamite¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 101

8/1

Stepped up plenty on reappearance when third of 13 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Killarney (20.4f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 1418-53

John Storey¹⁰⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr P W Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 100| D

22/1

Winner at Fairyhouse in January but produced laboured effort when eleventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.4f, soft, 16/1) 107 days ago.

Form: U71770-

Inthenickoftime⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Simon Torrens| T: E Bolger| OR: 99| BF

9/2

Good second of 13 in handicap chase (11/5) at this course (16.2f, good to soft) 57 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 1366-32

Smallcraftwarning^t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Daniel King| T: J P Ryan| OR: 99

8/1

10/3, won 11-runner handicap chase at Killarney (23f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Has to be respected back over hurdles.

Form: 741U41

Emily's Choice^b1¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: C Bowe| OR: 96| D

66/1

Pulled up in handicap chase (40/1) at Wexford (25.5f, good to soft) 13 days ago, Switches from chase to hurdles. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 1P/89-0P

Evening's Empire⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J Barcoe| OR: 94

50/1

125/1, last of 14 in handicap at Ballinrobe (13f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles, ran out on last hurdle outing.

Form: 955/36R-

Rebellious Gale^t²³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Kevin Sexton| T: A J Martin| OR: 94

8/1

One win from 22 NH runs. Fifteen runs since last win in 2022 but shaped well when second of 5 in handicap hurdle at Perth (23.9f, good) 23 days ago, conceding first run. Must enter calculations.

Form: 77/3-0B2

Scottish Dancer^t,b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Cian Quirke| T: E Doyle| OR: 94

22/1

Ran no sort of race after 10 months off when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.2f, good) 14 days ago. Blinkers back on. RESERVE.

Form: U1322-P

Grace Faraday^h⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 93

25/1

One win from 22 NH runs. 28/1, eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good to soft) 60 days ago. Up in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 41SF8-8

Non-Runners

Long Gone⁵⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: D Queally J: Alex Harvey

Bigira²⁵

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: M Fahey J: Thomas O'Connor

Dont Tell Shirley²⁵⁵

Weight: 10-3| Age: 6

T: S Curling J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Adaliz (7/2), Inthenickoftime (9/2), Mags Nelson (11/2), Long Gone (7/1), Smallcraftwarning (8/1), Rebellious Gale (8/1), Hees Dynamite (8/1), Its Not Over Yet (11/1), Mister Vic (12/1), Themanintheboots (14/1), Bigira (14/1), Ballyglass Beauty (16/1), John Storey (22/1), Scottish Dancer (22/1), Grace Faraday (25/1), Dont Tell Shirley (33/1), Zefiro Dodville (40/1), Evening's Empire (50/1), Emily's Choice (66/1)

REBELLIOUS GALE shaped encouragingly behind a fellow Irish raider despite having conceded first run at Perth and is the percentage call to go one better. Mags Nelson and unexposed stayer Adaliz head up the opposition.